3:59 AM,
Oct. 29, 2013

Metro Nashville police Officer Charles McEachron is on leave following a struggle in which police said he shot a suspect.

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A Nashville police detective is on leave after accidentally shooting a suspect's ankle during an arrest Sunday night, authorities said.

Det. Charles McEachron is on administrative leave pending an internal investigation and suspect Genaro Novarro Pascual, 25, was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in stable condition, police said Monday.

Police encountered Pascual at about 9:50 p.m. Sunday night at Woodbridge Apartments on Bridgeway Circle after reports of a man firing a gun. Police patted down the man and found a ...